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Federal officials have moved to shutter a site operated by three residents of Vietnam that they say marketed items that became scarce in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic at excessively inflated prices. Filing in the federal court in Tampa, agents obtained a...
A Miami man is facing Federal charges for allegedly committing fraud in obtaining a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan and an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) as well as filing several false claims for Medicare reimbursement and defrauding his patients via his...
A Massachusetts-based pharmaceutical corporation and several associated entities pled guilty to making false statements in relation to an opioid-addiction drug it allegedly claimed was safer to use than it actually was. According to prosecutors, the defendant...
A Washington State physician is facing federal felony charges on allegations that he attempted to defraud the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) of over $3 million.The 41-year-old Seattle doctor is said by prosecutors to have submitted several applications for PPP...
A Massachusetts man is facing Federal charges after investigators say he attempted to obtain over $13 million in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans from the Small Business Administration (SBA) authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic...
A Pennsylvania attorney pled guilty to his involvement in an allegedly fraudulent investment scheme that Federal prosecutors say cost his clients $2.7 million. Investigators say the 60-year-old man sold his clients what he claimed were shares in two holding companies...
White collar crimes come in numerous forms, but among them is one that tends to occur more during tax season: tax evasion. Tax evasion happens when a person intentionally avoids filing for or paying their taxes. Someone committing tax evasion might use fraudulent...
Every year, there are rankings put together to identify areas in the United States that have the most crime of certain types. This year, one article describes how Florida ranks when considering white collar crimes.White collar crimes do account for hundreds of...
White collar crimes don't involve violence, but they can impact many people's lives. Unfortunately, if you get caught participating in one of these activities, the penalties can be significant.Take, for example, this case out of Port St. Lucie. A woman, only 29 now,...
The United States' biggest operator of inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) agreed to pay $48 million last week to settle allegations by the Federal government that some of the facilities it operated gave false information to Medicare in order to remain listed...
